Big East Football Still in the Game

There's still a football product back there, camouflaged this week by disgruntled Catholic schools, talk of dissolution and inevitable lawsuits.

Not much actually has changed in the way of Big East football despite the seven basketball schools looking for commonality elsewhere.

Big East football schools can now take honest stock of where they are, guzzle a dose of realism and assess all options. The league still has arguably the best football lineup among the five smaller conferences.

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